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Definition
psychologically or physically used to something
- Jake Spoon was unaccustomed to Bolivar's habits and grimaced unhappily as the banging continued.Chapters 9-10 (38% in)
- Accustomed as she was to hard doings, it had still taken Lorena a while to get used to the way Lippy slurped when he was eating, and she had once had a dream in which a cowboy walked by Lippy and buttoned the lip to his nose as if it were the flap of a pocket.Chapters 3-4 (67% in)
- He would plan, of course, to make himself available for chores when she required him—otherwise life could go on in its accustomed way.Chapters 11-12 (80% in)
- But if the townspeople of Fort Smith had not considered him, the same couldn't be said for Louisa Brooks, who was giving him a good deal more consideration than he was accustomed to.Chapters 36-37 (65% in)
- Even men accustomed all their lives to sudden death didn't expect it to happen to Gus McCrae.Chapters 58-59 (61% in)
- Rough as the place was, accustomed as they all were to sudden death, they felt they had seen something extraordinary, something they would rather not have seen.Chapters 85-86 (41% in)
- He had grown accustomed to sleeping late and sitting outside the tent with Lorena in the mornings.Chapters 89-90 (2% in)
- Though accustomed to his silences, none of the men could remember him being that silent.Chapters 97-98 (48% in)
- Even Betsey and Sally, accustomed to chattering through supper, competing for the men's attention, were subdued by their mother's silence, and merely attended to serving.Chapters 101-102 (23% in)
There are no more uses of "accustomed" in Lonesome Dove.
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